Re: Standard Library Interest?

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

That depends on who it is that declares "This Is The Conventional Ada 
Library". In my mind, that's got to include the endorsement of the ARG 
and the vendors in order for it to have any meaning. Pull a bunch of 
stuff off the Internet, put it on a floppy, send it to the ARG and say 
"This is what I think should be the Conventional Ada Library." My guess 
would be that the answer would end up being "No". There would be lots of 
reasons to say "No" and I understand most of them. It would be my answer 
too if I were in their position.

That's my guess as to what the outcome would be. Why? Simple: If they 
wanted there to be a Conventional Ada Library made up of random bits of 
code sucked down off of the Internet, they could have done that by now. 
The vendors have had the Booch Components and a bunch of other container 
libraries available for years. At any given moment, they could have 
plopped it down on their distribution disks and said "This Is The 
Thing." Since it hasn't happened, I'm betting it won't.

MDC


Preben Randhol wrote:
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> Well it depends whoes your audience. Buy?
> 
> Preben


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